Housing and caring of animals for experiments
What services do we offer?
The Laboratory Animal Core Facility at the Department of Biomedicine is the largest rodent facility at the Faculty of Health, Aarhus University. The facility consists of a closed breeding barrier for the production and breeding of genetically modified mice, and a standard barrier for housing and breeding both mice and rats. The standard barrier facility is open for researchers conducting studies and experiments.
The Animal Facility contributes to both basic and preclinical biomedical research, education in laboratory animal science and offer highly specialized facilities and services.
In the menu on the left you can find more information about The Animal Facility, guidelines for use, which services and courses we offer and much more.
We serve users from:
- Aarhus University
- Aarhus University Hospital
- Other universities
- The industry
Our facility supports research involving transgenic animals through specialized services and high standards of animal welfare.
Learn more in Poster Department Day 2026.
Laboratories K17, K18 and K20 are booked Wednesday and Thursday week 39 during Basic Laboratory Animal Science Course
On Wednesday and Thursday, the practical exercises will take place in the laboratories inside the animal facility.
Please note that K17, K18, K20 and K21 are booked for course activities, and the facility will be housing approximately 20 students during these days. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
